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land, and in both cases one is in sonthea stern United States and the other 

 in Brazil, but the Cul^an species of Eilica is distinct, while that of TJtan- 

 atidius is common to Cuba and United States. DrexeUa is found through- 

 out most of the world's tropics and subtropics, including Central America 

 and United States, but has not been reported from South America or any 

 of the Antilles except Cuba, while Pechhamia is kno^^n only from Pan- 

 ama northward on the American mainland and in Cuba. Callilepis, 

 Mysmena, CeratineUa and Hyctia are kno^vn in America only from Cuba 

 and the mainland north of Mexico, but they are all found in Europe and 

 elsewhere in the northern hemisphere. The other lA are all widely dis- 

 tributed in America ; Eurypelma, Ceratinopsis, Cupiennius and Thiodina 

 being strictly American; Smeringopus, Lithy pliant es, Tihellus, Tegenaria 

 and Myrmarachne being at least cosmotropical ; Dictyna occurring in 

 Europe and Asia, including Japan and the Philippines; TheriduJa, in 

 the Mediterranean region, Africa, Madagascar, tropical and eastern Asia, 

 Japan and the Philippines ; Bathypliantes, in Europe, Asia, New Zealand 

 and Australia; Gea, in western Africa, tropical Asia, the East Indies, 

 Polynesia and Australia; and Mangora, in the Atlantic islands, Europe, 

 Asia and Ceylon. 



Prostheclina is troublesome, as before, and will be omitted. , Including 

 Euticliurus and ^Yala, which are found in Bermuda, 31, or 38.3 per cent., 

 are restricted to America. AYith the exception of Hapalopinus, which is 

 confined to Cuba, and Alcimosplienus, which is found in Jamaica, His- 

 paniola and the Lesser Antilles, all these are found on the mainland and 

 are distributed as follows: 22 are known from South America, 20 are 

 known from Central America, 18 are known from United States. 



All of the 50 Cuban genera which are found in the Old World are also 

 found on the American mainland. They are distributed as follows : 14 

 (3) are known from South America, -45 (3) are known from Central 

 America, 46 (6) are known from United States. 



As before, the numbers in parentheses refer to genera having a more or 

 less restricted range. Miagrammopes is found from Brazil to ^lexico, in 

 St. Aancent and all the Greater Antilles except Jamaica, in Africa, Mada- 

 gascar, southern Asia and Australia. Callilepis is widely distributed in 

 the Old World but is confined to Cuba and north of Mexico in America. 

 Mysmena is found in Cuba, southeastern United States, France, northern 

 Africa, Ceylon and the Philippines. CeratineUa is kno^Tii from Cuba, 

 northeastern United States to Labrador and northern Eurasia. StepJia- 

 7iopsis ranges from Patagonia to Panama, in Tortola (Lesser Antilles), 

 Cuba, Madagascar, Malasia, Melanesia, Polynesia and Australia. Syrisca 

 is recorded from Brazil. Paraguay, southwestern L^nited States. His- 



